I don’t think they have to be! I plan to have mine printed out! If I had super nice cursive handwriting I’d consider handwriting them.. but my luck they’ll all be slanted and I’ll have to use white-out lol People aren’t going to notice if it’s printed or handwritten, and if they do & complain about it, they need to get a life! (no offense!)

I associate printed labels/envelopes with the ridonkulous amount of junk mail that clogs my mailbox. I think that if you care enough to invite someone, it’s nice to spend a moment to actually handwrite their address. It’s a personal touch that makes me feel a bit less like an entry in a database somewhere.

Edit: That said, I’m not going to complain if someone chooses to print/label my address. I have more important things to focus my time and energy on.

I personally don’t have a problem with typed address labels. However, my cousin got married in January and for her thank you cards, she used not only typed labels, but a generic, typed thank-you (didn’t even have a “dear so-and so…”). She clearly printed out multiple thank-you’s on the printer, cut them out, and glued them inside a thank-you card. Talk about tacky…(and I REALLY hate using that word!!!!!!!!!!)

@LiliKitty: What’s the difference? Serious question. I’m not sure. For my stds, I used clear labels that were printed with a calligraphy type font and stuck them on the envelopes. Maybe I should hand write my envelopes for invites?

Personally, I think it would be rude for me to hand write my envelopes because my handwriting is so poor lol. I’m planning on printing out addresses. If people are offended by it, they need to find more important things in their lives to worry about.

I printed mine onto the envelopes in a fancy font and that was good enough for me. There was no way I was going to write them myself or hire a calligrapher to write on something that is going to be thrown away as soon as it’s received.